The Pacific

  • Nan Madol
    700

    Nan Madol

    Pohnpei, Micronesia
    Saudeleur Dynasty
    700-1600
    Basalt boulders and prismatic columns
  • Moai on platform ahu
    1100

    Moai on platform ahu

    Rapa Nui (Eastern Island)
    1100-1600
    Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base
  • Ahu ula (feather cape)

    Ahu ula (feather cape)

    Hawaiian
    Late 18th Century
    feathers and fiber
  • Staff god

    Staff god

    Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia
    Late 18th- Early 19th century
    wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers
  • Female Diety

    Female Diety

    Nukuoro, Micronesia
    18th-19th century
  • Buk (mask)

    Buk (mask)

    Torres Strait
    Mid- to late 19th century
    turtle shell, wood, fiber, and shell
  • Hiapo (tapa)

    Hiapo (tapa)

    Niue
    1850-1900 ce
    tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting
  • Tamati Waka Nene

    Tamati Waka Nene

    Gottfired Lindauer
    Oil on canvas
  • Navigation chart

    Navigation chart

    Marshall Islands, Micronesia
    19th to early 20th century
    wood and fiber
  • Malagan display and mask

    Malagan display and mask

    New Ireland Province, Papua New guinea
    20th century
    wood, pigment, fiber, and shell
  • Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II

    Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II

    Fiji, Polynesia
    Multimedia performance (costume, chant, movement, fiber, etc)
    photographic demonstration